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    Weekly budgets

    Several of us have mentioned planning your breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks for a week, compiling a shopping list for that menu, and buying it all at once and nothing else. Then stay away from the shops. This is probably the most powerful thing you can do to rein in spending. Re a vege...
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    Weekly budgets

    Here's another spreadsheet you can play with Fuzz. Just remember garbage in, garbage out. You really need to run a log for 4-6 weeks to track every cent. That will be your big ah-haa moment. Maybe the visual charts will help. Click on the pic below to download the spreadsheet.
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    Weekly budgets

    It is possible you are paying more for vege. Go to Coles Online and browse the prices for Adelaide metro area. Get a vege patch going after asking your PM. But keep in mind it has to be big and tended properly. This is how I was brought up. If you plan to grow excess, you could sell it to a...
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    Weekly budgets

    Hard to compare one household to anotehr Fuzz. Kids make a big diff as does work commute. I note you are in regional SA. Maybe you pay more for groceries. Some guidelines: - cars are a killer. try to do with one. none is even better (even as an experiment for a year) but probably impossible...
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